Contralateral Autokeratoplasty, Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Luxated Cataract, and Flanged Intrascleral Intraocular Lens Fixation.

Purpose: To describe a case of a combined procedure including autokeratoplasty, pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), and scleral intraocular lens (IOL) fixation.

Methods: Case report.

Results: We describe a case of an 85-year-old patient presenting a right, blind eye with a clear cornea and a left eye with acceptable visual potential but affected by bullous keratopathy, aphakia, and a posteriorly dislocated nucleus.

Posterior Amorphous Corneal Dystrophy: New Chromosomal Breakpoints in the Small Leucine-Rich Proteoglycan-Coding Region.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report the clinical features and describe the results obtained by multimodal corneal imaging of a patient with novel chromosomal breakpoints of the 12q21.33 locus.

Methods: This study was a case report and literature review.

Scleral Compromise in Hereditary Porphyria Cutanea Tarda.

Purpose: To report a case of bilateral scleral compromise in a male patient with hereditary porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT).

Methods: Case report.

Results: A 57-year-old male was referred to the Cornea Service at Hospital de Clinicas in Buenos Aires for bilateral scleral thinning.

Ectodermal Dysplasia: Association with Anti-Basement Membrane Autoantibodies.

Ectodermal dysplasia (ED) is a group of several genetic conditions with absence or dysgenesis of at least two ectodermal derivatives: teeth, skin and its appendages including hair, nails, eccrine and sebaceous glands. The most important clinical findings in patients with ED are hypodontia, hypotrichosis, and hypohidrosis, which can lead to episodes of hyperthermia. Few reports have focused on the progressive keratopathy in ED.

The First Argentinian Family with Familial Amyloidosis of the Finnish Type.

Familial amyloidosis of the Finnish type or Meretoja syndrome is a rare autosomic dominant inherited systemic condition. It was first described by Meretoja in Finland in 1969. It is a disease produced by a single mutation in the gene coding for gelsolin, which generates an abnormal protein that cumulates in tissues and leads to various signs.

In vitro susceptibility patterns of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus corneal isolates to antibiotics.

Purpose: To determine the in vitro susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (MRCNS) isolates to various antibiotics.

Methods: All cases of bacterial keratitis caused by Staphylococcus species during 2006 and 2007 were identified. The isolates were divided according to species and susceptibility to methicillin into 4 groups: methicillin-susceptible S.

Keratoconus associated with other corneal dystrophies.

Objective: To report the concomitant presentation of keratoconus and corneal dystrophies at Wills Eye Hospital for the 10-year period from January 1, 1997, to December 31, 2006.

Methods: Patients with concomitant keratoconus and corneal dystrophies were identified using a computer database. Complete ophthalmologic examination, keratometry, pachymetry, and computerized videokeratography were performed in all patients.

Meesmann corneal dystrophy associated with epithelial basement membrane and posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophies.

Purpose: To report a rare case of bilateral and symmetric Meesmann corneal dystrophy concurrent with bilateral epithelial basement membrane dystrophy and bilateral but asymmetric posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy in a patient of Armenian origin.

Methods: Complete ophthalmologic examination was performed on a 6-year-old boy from Armenia who was diagnosed with bilateral symmetric Meesmann corneal dystrophy combined with bilateral epithelial basement membrane dystrophy and bilateral but asymmetric posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy. This case was observed and treated for 24 years.

Trends in penetrating keratoplasty in the United States 1980-2005.

In this review, we analyze the trends in corneal transplantation over the past 25 years in the United States. The most dramatic change was the progressive sharp increase in the number of corneal transplants performed during the 1980s, corresponding with the rise of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PBK) as the leading indication for keratoplasty. More recently, there has been a steady annual decline in total keratoplasties for more than a decade, corresponding with a decline in the cases performed for PBK, which still accounts for the highest percentage of cases done.